Queenstown: Tasman Glacier Helihike with Flight Transfers
ID: GYG403135-731826
Category:
Country: New Zealand
Duration:
06:00 hours
Description
Enjoy a scenic airplane flight to Mt. Cook before boarding a helicopter to take you up to Tasman Glacier. Explore the glacier on a 2-hour hike with an experienced guide.
Take a flight and helicopter ride from Queenstown to Tasman Glacier and explore the glacier on foot with an experienced guide. Enjoy all that the Aoraki/Mt. Cook National Park glaciers have to offer in a single day.
Your one-hour fixed-wing flight from Queenstown to Tasman Glacier is just the beginning of a day filled with spectacular scenery. Fly over the Southern Alps, home to over 3000 small glaciers, and head to Tasman Glacier in the east.
Check in with the helicopter and guiding partners, who will provide you with all your necessary equipment and a safety briefing. Your experienced guides will then take you into a deep part of the glacier via a scenic helicopter flight.
Here, you’ll be fitted with crampons for two hours on the glacial ice. Explore ices caves and see the natural, ever-changing wonders of the South Island’s glaciers.
Highlights
- Explore the incredible Mount Cook National Park in one day
- Spend 2 hours exploring Tasman Glacier with an experienced guide
- Take in incredible views on 2 helicopter flights to Tasman Glacier
- Enjoy scenic flights from Queenstown to Mount Cook
- See sweeping views of the Southern Alps with its thousands of small glaciers
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
A minimum of 3 passengers is required for this tour; however, if you are traveling solo, please contact the local partner as they may be able to accommodate you with another group
All required protective equipment is provided
All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
Masks are optional for this activity
Please meet your guide at Remarkables Park Town Centre in Frankton, near the Queenstown Airport. There is free all-day parking available. It is best to park near the New World supermarket and walk across the parking lot entrance to the building on the corner of the main road (Hawthorne Drive). Please let the local partner know if you don't have a car and require pickup in a shuttle van.
Hotel pick-up and drop-off
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
